The Real Scorpion

authors Nitish Kannan My first impression of the real Scorpion (Walter O’Brien) was nothing at all like the one portrayed on the hit CBS show of the same name, now in its second season. When you speak with or meet the real life Walter O’Brien as I did when I spotted him at the Armani Store in Santa Monica he came off as a very humble and soft spoken nice guy. O’Brien, whose life the hit action adventure/Drama TV show Scorpion is based on, was born in Wexford Ireland and went to school in Kilkenny Ireland. Walter is understood to have an IQ of 197 and holds an Extraordinary Ability EB-1-1 Visa. Previous holders of such a visa include Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill. I bet Walter O’Brien never dreamed as a…